Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-22
HIS OWN PHYSICIAN.

Wfh its measures Of Joy and sorrow.
HIS OWN PHYSICIAN.
Headache, headache and insomnia. By
0eee Mr.. Herbert Barrons was tor
0ented. He not only suffered excruciat-
1Ag. physical pain, but his soul was
aCunized by the dread Of the nbalancing
4 his mind.
When q young man he had inherited a
moderate business. u~nincumbered. His
ambition had been to make the house of
which he was the head one of the promi-
mt commercial enterprises of the city.
Devotion 10 business had caused his I'M
6ortunate physical condition, and now,
When the firm of Barrons & Co. was
Guoted Is one Of the AL houses Of the
street, and Herbert's ambition had been
seemingly gratifed, only splitting head.
ache, insomnia and probable insanity
seemed his reward.
A friend advised him to take opium,
but he refused to use the seductive
drug.
Better far the visions of the lunatic
than the dreams Of the opium cater.
From lunacy there Is but one awakening
70 sanity. The opium eater wakes daily
10 the wretched Lot, haggard and terror
Stricken; fees again to the unrealities Of
the drug"
So he would not follow his friends ad-
vice. They who knew him intimately
trembled in helplessness, and for him
there seemed no hope.
One day a physician, a bosom. friend,
mid:
sHerbert, / have learned of something
that ! think will cure you. VIII you try
itr
.'Gladly, but mind, not opium" ne
Piled the sufferer.
certainly not; something else. Twill
bring you some of the preparation this
evening""
That night DR.. Noble called with the
femedy.
'.Powders!" exclaimed the patient as
be undid one of the tiny packages.
''Powders! l have taken enough of such
tkABSS W ALL iiiiIDItEOo.
''Give these a trial, said the physician,
departing, land l think you will find
them efficaeious."
Herbert took one according to direc-
tons, and again one, and a third one, and
fhen came relief.
Never before since, vulturelike, it
seized upon his brain had the grim, OBJ
durate pain relaxed its hold; but now,
after the third powder, the fierce talons
loosened their grip. Ana did he drink of
the waters of Lethe. or was it only
anguished nature a~vailing itself of the
first moderation in the torture 10 sink into
oblivious sleep-a dead. featureless sleepa
When he awoke he was refreshed, but
the pain was again tearing his brain and
shrieking through his soul. Another pow
der according TO directions, and again
one. and then relief.
Rushing in gratitude 10 the physicians
o6ice, Herbert overwhelmed his bene-
factor with thanks and the offer of a huge
fee. The latter the physician waived
with the remark:
The act was n Of friendship, not by
any means Q professional one. I thrust
the medicine upon you. You never asked
me to prescribe for you"
''How stupid ! was not to do 80 is evil
Asnced by your successful treatment"
Herbert exclaimed, glad of the opportu-
nifty to denounce his blindness. But you
must patent this preparation, +" he contin-
ned. 1T will make your fortune. Ever,
overworked man and woman in the world
viii be your debtor"
"Yes, l think / will patent it," the
physician replied.
Herbert became well and strong. His
headaches and insomnia were kept at bay
By an occasional powder and the years
went by smoothly. His business in
creased. The correspondence Of the
house widened and there was no part Of
the world 10 which its credit did not ex-
tend.
Then Herbert thought of marrying.
He had met in his travels a beautiful
child. She was, perhaps, Is when he
6nt knew her. Two years interviewed,
and then he again met her. Soon after
that meeting the headaches had come
upon him and he forgot her. But
when he began TO grow better
and stronger under the influence
Of the powders his memory would
revert TO the sprightly and interesting
girl. He was constantly recalling her
speeches. her poses, and his thoughts
were ever busy with her. He dreamed
OF her, and in his visions she wasa queen,
regal and beautiful, yet gentle. Her
black hair and beaming. sparkling, black
eyes were the light and the shade to a
face rarely equaled for vivacity, strength
and tenderness.
As he saw her in his dreams, 50 was
she present before him in his waking
hours. Finally, with the reverence of a
w~orshiper approaching a shrine, he sought
her and told the story Of his thoughts.
She had reached the years of womanhood
and wal a noted society belle. II had
been her privilege to decline the heart
and hand Of many men, handsome, edu-
Gated, rich and, il may be, good.
When Herbert stood before her with
bowel head and related how his thoughts
constantly dwelt upon her, and made no
further declaration of his love, her heart
vas touched. It softened, for she was
something Of a coquette. Her love dom
mated her, and when he came again,
ssking for hand and heart, she gave
them both.
Herbert was happy beyond any shadow
q uneasiness, far removed from doubt,
secure in his vigorous health, sustained
n his business success and rich beyond
he wealth of the world in the possession
fruo xcomauia lcva TIKI. .r.~lJ;uu